- Define a new data type, the proto file is copied for now.
- Merge client and communicator into `FederatedColl`.
- Define CUDA variant.
- Migrate tests for CPU, add tests for CUDA.
Federated learning plugin for xgboost:
* A gRPC server to aggregate MPI-style requests (allgather, allreduce, broadcast) from federated workers.
* A Rabit engine for the federated environment.
* Integration test to simulate federated learning.
Additional followups are needed to address GPU support, better security, and privacy, etc.